File 026431
Email Chain on Edmond de Rothschild Infrastructure Investment Opportunities (File 026431)
Email correspondence from February 2017 discussing infrastructure investment opportunities in the United States, including partnerships between Edmond de Rothschild financial group and potential U.S. infrastructure projects under the Trump administration.
Summary
This email chain from February 2017 discusses infrastructure investment opportunities and financing strategies between Jeffrey E., Ariane de Rothschild, and Johnny El Hachem of Edmond de Rothschild. The correspondence explores potential partnerships for U.S. infrastructure projects, including hospitals, assisted living facilities, airports, rail, and ports. The emails detail Edmond de Rothschild's infrastructure investment funds (TIIC and BRIDGE), their track records in Europe, and the possibility of expanding these investment vehicles to the U.S. market under the Trump administration, which was expected to pursue private-public partnerships for infrastructure development.
From: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]Sent: 2/9/2017 10:45:36 AMTo:Subject: Re: Edmond de Rothschild Infrastructure Expertiseyes, and their projections and needs are way above current spreads. . At least in the states hospitals are nowlooking to sell real estate surrounding complexes. . assisted living, baby boomers. . airportfunds starting for rebuilds. but very large. rail ports and roads also gigantic. . . no politicallycorrect but profitable is alternate incarceration facilities. , always tenants:)On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:23 PM,Pension funds are now interested to match the maturities ?Ariane de RothschildOn 8 Feb 2017, at 23:22, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:> wrote:not likely in the states. too much money around. you should find a niche. otherwise competing withpeople that have a trillion dollars in credit needsOn Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:20 PM, > wrote:If it s a debt fund , they were thinking of building it around senior and mezzanine debt which would yield 8 to10% per yr with a kickerAriane de RothschildOn 8 Feb 2017, at 12:59, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:thanks, the issue will be returns on investment. . there is a HUGE amount of cash sitting on thesidelines, trump will want to do private public partnerships on most things. . donald loves therothschild name.On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 7:23 AM, EL HACHEM Johnny <Dear Jeff,> wrote:As previously discussed between you and Ariane, Edmond de Rothschild is deeply involved in the buildingand financing of the infrastructure in Europe. Edmond de Rothschild has an outstanding track record,history and presence in European infrastructure, as well as being one of Europe's most recognized financialadvisors to the infrastructure market. We have developed deep expertise in the infrastructure sector andsought secure, well-managed assets, generating stable, long-term returns for investors.We have done so by initiating and backing two experienced and highly-respected managers in the industry,TIIC and BRIDGE. TIIC is an equity investor in transport and social infrastructure. BRIDGE is an infrastructuredebt provider. Both managers are covered in more detail below. Edmond de Rothschild has been heavilyinvolved in the launch of the below funds, providing crucial support in fund structuring, due diligence,HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026431capital raising, legal & compliance functions as well as the sound governance and ESG management acrossall funds. Partnering with TIIC and BRIDGE has enabled Edmond de Rothschild to build a strong franchisewithin infrastructure investments, complementing its overall Private Equity offering. Edmond de Rothschildhas also acted as anchor investor for these funds, demonstrating its strong alignment of interest with theseinvestment teams. With Ariane we strongly believe that we should absolutely find a way to collaboratetogether with you to think and initiate something to serve the future needs of the US in the infrastructurefield.Please find attached further information on each manager. This would also be a chance for us to exploreopportunities of working together in the future.Please feel free to reach out to us if you require any further information. We look forward to hearing fromyou soon.TIICTIIC Group backed by Edmond de Rothschild, is a pan-European infrastructure firm advising on mid-marketinfrastructure projects across Europe in both the transportation and social sectors. It was established in2008 by the 3 founding partners of TIIC Group, Jaime d'Almeida, Manuel Cary and Francisco Mendes, withstrategic support from the Edmond de Rothschild Group and Brisa.The aim of TIIC Group is to bring an operational approach to infrastructure investments in Europe, drawingupon the extensive management and financial skills of its team members. These skills have been developedover many years at some of Europe's leading infrastructure operators and project financing firms which,when combined with the very specific infrastructure expertise of both the Edmond de Rothschild Groupand Brisa, makes for a powerful and differentiated investment platform.TIIC Group operates from two offices in Lisbon and Paris, providing its team with access to relevantinvestment opportunities across key target markets in Europe as well as to leading industrial contractors,operators, advisors and financiers in the infrastructure industry.TIIC Group successfully raised a First Fund with €140m of commitments targeting transportationinvestments across Europe. The portfolio of the First Fund comprises 6 assets located in Portugal, Spain,France and Poland. They represent a carefully balanced mix of greenfield and early stage brownfieldprojects in roads and car parks. TIIC Group has played an active role in the sourcing and development of allinvestments and has made a significant contribution to value creation. TIIC Group believes that this is a highquality, operationally secure, cash yielding portfolio of assets which will be of strong interest to potentialinvestors over the coming few years.TIIC has launched a successor fund, TIIC 2, which will build upon TIIC Group' differentiated approach toinfrastructure in Europe. TIIC 2 will is targeting aggregate commitments from investors of €300m (€350mHOUSE OVERSIGHT 026432hard cap) to invest into both transportation and social infrastructure projects in Europe. TIIC 2 will also seekto invest, on a very selective basis, into greenfield social infrastructure projects in New Frontier Markets,within close proximity to the European Union. Given its powerful network of relationships across Europeand the operational skills of its team, TIIC Group will continue to target superior investment returns for TIIC2's portfolio of assets. These returns should be in line with the anticipated returns from the First Fundportfolio which is forecast to deliver a gross IRR of up to 14% and a multiple of approximately 2x oninvested capital.TIIC announced the first close of TIIC 2 on December 30th 2016, with aggregate commitments of €135mfrom a group of high quality and well-diversified limited partners. First close investors in TIIC 2 include theEuropean Investment Bank and Edmond de Rothschild, both with significant commitments, as well as theTIIC team. TIIC 2 is also supported by a number of existing investors, together with several Europeaninsurance companies, pension funds and family offices. A second close is planned in the coming monthsand the final close will occur before the end of 2017. We have received significant interest from a numberof European institutional investors, many of which are in the process of completing detailed due diligenceon TIIC 2. We are firmly on track to achieve a final close of TIIC 2 before the end of the year.Furthermore, TIIC has announced the first exit from Fund 1, with outstanding returns. Three otherinvestments are in sales processes and should close during the next few months.BRIDGEBRIDGE is an infrastructure debt platform initiated by Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (EdRAM) toenable institutional investors to access infrastructure assets with secured and stable revenue streams.BRIDGE is a London based second generation debt fund sourcing and structuring transactions directly fromsponsors when feasible and one of the few independent debt teams only investing on behalf of clients. TheBRIDGE team has the ability to execute and deliver transactions as efficiently as traditional lenders as well asnegotiate terms and conditions bringing optimised yield and security to investors.The BRIDGE platform was set up as a new leg of EDR's Infrastructure, Real Assets & Structured Finance Teamstriving to take advantage of the expertise of the infrastructure sector acquired when the team became aglobal leader in PPP & Transport infrastructure financial advisory in 2011 and 2012.The BRIDGE platform raised € 400m of new monies in 2016 and has successfully reached the €1bn mark ofAssets under Management at the end of 2016. The platform comprises three investment vehicles (FrenchFCT and Lux SIF) and is currently fundraising for additional pockets of liquidity:o BRIDGE I reached final closing in December 2014 with approximately €600m of aggregate commitments from a clubof institutional investors.HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026433o BRIDGE I Dedicated Compartmentis a vehicle created by a large European institution and anchor investor of thefirst fund with a €250m target amount available for deployment.o BRIDGE II reached first close in December 2016 with €150m of commitments in order to invest in three transactions.Fundraising for BRIDGE ll is still ongoing, targeting a group of institutional investors in Europe and elsewhere, with finaltarget size of €600m.The BRIDGE platform has a long-term European investment strategy and a mandate to cover all sectors ofinfrastructure, notably energy, renewables, utilities, transportation, telecommunications and socialinfrastructure and can execute project financing, refinancing and acquisition finance transactions.The BRIDGE platform currently comprises investments of between €20-120 million each, in 17 Europeaninfrastructure transactions. In 2016 alone, the BRIDGE team has achieved financial close for 11 infrastructuredeals in Europe aggregating ca. €390m. When benchmarked against other similar funds, the investment teamhas succeeded in deploying faster and with credit spreads well above the infrastructure senior debtbenchmark, enabling BRIDGE to become a force in the growing institutions-backed infrastructure debtmarket. BRIDGE's ability to invest beyond the traditional definition of core infrastructure and to structuretransactions was a key differentiator when Edmond de Rothschild launched this platform, as part of itscommitment to real economy. BRIDGE is innovative in the sense that the investment team sourcestransactions directly from sponsors and is actively involved in the structuring phase, acting as Mandated LeadArranger.BRIDGE comprises a large, international and skilled London based investment team of 11 investmentprofessionals who between them have arranged more than €100bn of landmark infrastructure deals overthe last 20 years across the globe. The BRIDGE team is among the largest within the debt funds universe anddemonstrates the Edmond de Rothschild Group's commitment to the platform.Kind regards,JohnnyJohnny el HACHEMEdmond de Rothschild Private EquityHOUSE OVERSIGHT 02643429 Route de Pre-BoisCase postale 4901215 Geneve 15Suisseplease noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. 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